Prince William sleeps rough to promote homeless charity

Prince William, who as a child was taken by Diana Princess of Wales to a
homeless shelter, has spent the night sleeping rough under a London bridge.

The future King stayed true to his mother’s memory by bedding down with a sleeping bag and cardboard boxes in an alleyway by Blackfriars Bridge.

The temperatures were below freezing. ”I think he got a couple of hours’ sleep,” said a spokesman for the Prince.

The event was to mark the 40th anniversary of Centrepoint the homeless charity of which he is patron. The Princess was also patron of the charity and took Prince William and Prince Harry on a secret visit to a Centrepoint shelter.

The experience proved to be a lesson in the dangers faced by the homeless. The Prince, Jamie Lowther-Pinkerton, his private secretary, and Seyi Obakin, the chief executive of Centrepoint, narrowly avoided being run over by a road sweeper.